Grit and Grace: The Empowerment of Women at Work in Global Communities

In this recording of the online talk, Alison Wright discusses her photography and shares stories about her own extraordinary life, which includes a two-decade friendship with the Dalai Lama and a near-death experience in Laos.

Sponsored by The Vermont Women's Fund, Wright's June 25, 2020 talk is presented in connection with the exhibit "Grit and Grace, Women at Work," on view at BMAC through October 12. Curator Katherine Gass Stowe writes, “While Wright has made countless voyages around the world on humanitarian assignments, this is her passion project.”

Wright also discusses her latest work documenting the coronavirus pandemic in New York City. In a recent interview with BMAC, she explained, “Now that a crisis has come to my own city, I feel compelled to document it.” She has also recently trained her lens on the Black Lives Matter protests in New York.

Alison Wright is a National Geographic Traveler of the Year, a recipient of the Dorothea Lange Award in Documentary Photography, and the author of multiple books, including Face to Face: Portraits of the Human Spirit, Human Tribe, and the memoir Learning to Breathe: One Woman’s Journey of Spirit and Survival.

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